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Home builders don’t expect return of boom, but can foresee ‘average’ market

John Hall Jr. would love for the housing boom to return.

But as 2013 dawns, Hall – who helps run his family’s business, John Hall Homes in St. Charles – said he is ecstatic to return to normal.

“Typically, before the boom years, say in the late 1990s until about 2003, we’d build about 10 homes a year,” Hall said. “This year, it’s looking like we’ll be really close to that for the first time in years.

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